419From Agnes Sorel's Walk, LochesFreer Gallery of ArtAccession no: 1889.19 State: 1/1 |  |
| Collection credit: | Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Image credit: | Photo © Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Provenance: | Bought from Hermann Wunderlich & Co. (receipt, 1889), by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919), Detroit, MI, 1889; bequeathed to the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1919. |
| Paper size: | 139 x 267 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 134 x 267 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | yes |
| Colour of the paper: | cream |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | the sheet was removed from a book, with discolouration along the top and left sheet edges |
| Tab?: | yes |
| Watermarks: | no |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint |
| Ink colour: | dark brown |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | very pale overall tone |
| Note on foul biting: | scattered flecks |
| Print note: | There are faint remnants of earlier work at left |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | butterfly |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate: | no |
| Inscriptions by others on the plate: | no |
| Whistler's signature on paper: | butterfly at lower right on the verso |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper: | '1st State-' (the 'st' superscript with a dot under it) at lower right on the verso, by Whistler; '(1-)' at lower left on the verso, probably by Whistler |
| Tab signed/inscribed: | butterfly 'imp.' |
| Note on the tab: | tab 36-48 mm from left, height 5 mm |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | pencil butterfly of 1890 |
| Collector's mark: | 'F' stamp (C.L. Freer, not in Lugt) |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'G380' at lower left on the verso and 'From the walk of Agnes Sorel. [sic]' at lower centre on the verso, both by C.L. Freer. |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K3850102 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.